Small molecule inhibitors targeting the heat shock protein system of human obligate protozoan parasites

T Zininga, A Shonhai - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Obligate protozoan parasites of the kinetoplastids and apicomplexa infect human cells to
complete their life cycles. Some of the members of these groups of parasites develop in at …

Prion‐like proteins: from computational approaches to proteome‐wide analysis

M Gil‐Garcia, V Iglesias, I Pallarès, S Ventura - FEBS open bio, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Prions are self‐perpetuating proteins able to switch between a soluble state and an
aggregated‐and‐transmissible conformation. These proteinaceous entities have been …

Molecular descriptors property prediction using transformer-based approach

T Tran, C Ekenna - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, we introduce semi-supervised machine learning models designed to predict
molecular properties. Our model employs a two-stage approach, involving pre-training and …

Inhibitors of the Plasmodium falciparum Hsp90 towards Selective Antimalarial Drug Design: The Past, Present and Future

ML Stofberg, C Caillet, M de Villiers, T Zininga - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Malaria is still one of the major killer parasitic diseases in tropical settings, posing a public
health threat. The development of antimalarial drug resistance is reversing the gains made …

Application of yeast to studying amyloid and prion diseases

YO Chernoff, AV Grizel, AA Rubel, AA Zelinsky… - Advances in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Amyloids are fibrous cross-β protein aggregates that are capable of proliferation via
nucleated polymerization. Amyloid conformation likely represents an ancient protein fold …

Partners in Mischief: Functional Networks of Heat Shock Proteins of Plasmodium falciparum and Their Influence on Parasite Virulence

MO Daniyan, JM Przyborski, A Shonhai - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
The survival of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum under the
physiologically distinct environments associated with their development in the cold-blooded …

Comparative structure-function features of Hsp70s of Plasmodium falciparum and human origins

G Chakafana, T Zininga, A Shonhai - Biophysical reviews, 2019 - Springer
The heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) family of molecular chaperones are crucial for the
survival and pathogenicity of the main agent of malaria, Plasmodium falciparum. Hsp70 is …

Effect of the aggregated protein dye YAT2150 on Leishmania parasite viability

L Román-Álamo, Y Avalos-Padilla… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
The problems associated with the drugs currently used to treat leishmaniasis, including
resistance, toxicity, and the high cost of some formulations, call for the urgent identification of …

Inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum Hsp70-Hop partnership by 2-phenylthynesulfonamide

T Muthelo, V Mulaudzi, M Netshishivhe… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plasmodium falciparum Hsp70-1 (PfHsp70-1; PF3D7_0818900) and PfHsp90
(PF3D7_0708400) are essential cytosol localized chaperones of the malaria parasite. The …

Plasmodium falciparum Molecular Chaperones: Guardians of the Malaria Parasite Proteome and Renovators of the Host Proteome

GL Blatch - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plasmodium falciparum is a unicellular protozoan parasite and causative agent of the most
severe form of malaria in humans. The malaria parasite has had to develop sophisticated …